Patrick, I agree about buying a purpose built ebike rather than a kit. I have lots of bikes, including two ebikes. I like them a lot, but I like them because they are well designed and built for specific purposes like hauling large loads etc. I have a Riese and Muller Load which is a front loading cargo bike which has replaced my car for many things. I had parathyroid disease which caused a great deal of muscle atrophy so the pedal assist helped me become strong enough to use my regular bikes after a while including my Sam and my Soma Grand Randonneur. Just my two cents. Best, Rob Blunt Pennington, NJ
On Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 3:35 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, and to those who have the relevant experience: taking into account > nighttime riding, large and heavy loads (I mean Costco shopping for 1, > maybe 2), and rainy day riding: what is better, an electrified > Clem/Cheviot/Joe/whathave you, or a real electric moped? > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:20 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This thread, along with the consistently very positive reviews of Clems >> and Cheviots and other "cruiser"-type Rivendells makes me think about >> buying one of these long-stayed, upright Rivs with an electric motor of >> some sort, particularly as I progress ineluctably toward senility; perhaps >> a elegant Copenhagen wheel? >> >> I myself put fewer than 200 miles on my old car between a mid-January >> 2020 oil change and mid June -- this is not virtue, this is simply a very >> quiet life and several bicycles and living near things; my daughter, >> Covid-ed home from college in mid-March, put another ~1,200 miles on it >> between 1st May and mid-July. >> >> But for those days when it is windy, or rainy (I have Sou'wester hat and >> rain cape and spats), or when I want to carry big loads, an electric bike >> may be a real option, and if this bike retains something of the "feel" of >> the best Rivs I've already owned, then all the better. >> >> With that windup, will you-plural post photos and descriptions of your >> electrified Rivendells? And tell us how much they can carry, and how you >> carry it? >> >> Thanks. >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 12:50 PM Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I can verify a battery fits perfectly on a Cheviot. The only drawback >>> for me was the caliper brakes, but that was my fault for putting a monster >>> mid-drive kit on it..the damn thing was as fast as a small motorcycle! Your >>> kit should be fine on one. >>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/9yY2z12rdpbrShbT9 >>> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvkWwHdgJ_B_fzk6TnG7G3EyuCiP_oAO%2BAf5P3s6QcKBQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvkWwHdgJ_B_fzk6TnG7G3EyuCiP_oAO%2BAf5P3s6QcKBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGTQPx8YeHZDGATPEOMM88QwQxCV5P%2B%2BhhjzJMBGuzJ3covGbg%40mail.gmail.com.
